What's the first videogame you ever played?

[lushgirl_80]

For me it was the original Atari 2600 version of Pacman Alot of people hate it but I always thought it was alright and played it so much in the '80s. I look at it as a rather different version of Pacman...I call it "Ghetto Pacman".

 

 

Edited May 3, 2009 by lushgirl_80

[Wickeycolumbus]

Super Mario World

[cosmic-ark]

Space invaders upright arcade cabinet the model with buttons for left and right movement i was about 9-10 years old when it first came out, say i'll be playing video games till thge day i pass on,hope i will get at least 50years gaming :-)

[Rybags]

Pretty sure it was Pong (or a clone) in a pub when I was maybe 8 or 9. Although, not exactly played properly since I was the only one on it and it was a 2-player machine.

 

Home systems - probably the Pong/Soccer/Hockey/Shoot type thing that was done in countless "TV Games" type machines in the mid-70s.

 

Proper computer - It might have been that Kingdom/Serf type text game on the System 80 (TRS-80 clone).

 

Proper console - a mate had a 2600 very early on by our standards. So, likely one of the early 2600 games like Space Wars and such.

[roland p]

I gues that would be Pacman for the atari 8-bit.

[the maddestman]

It was one of the following (I don't remember exactly, I was only 3 or 4 at the time) Radar Rat Race or Lunar Lander on the Vic 20, or Star Raiders or River Raid on the Atari 400

[AtariLeaf]

Space invaders upright arcade cabinet the model with buttons for left and right movement i was about 9-10 years old when it first came out, say i'll be playing video games till thge day i pass on,hope i will get at least 50years gaming :-)

 

Me too. I should dig up the picture. We were on vacation in Hawaii and the lobby of the hotel we stayed in had two space invaders and a sea wolf machine.

Edited May 3, 2009 by AtariLeaf

[108 Stars]

Way of the Exploding Fist I believe.

[+selgus]

Pong... dedicated hardware... yes, was a long time ago...

--Selgus

[iwan-iwanowitsch-goratschin]

Space Invaders (2600)!

[aftermac]

Super Mario World

 

Kids... My sister and I had a similar conversation a while back and SMW was her answer, too. That was pretty depressing.

 

I honestly don't remember. It was probably Pac-Man or Video Olympics for the 2600. It could also very easily be the Pac-Man arcade that was at a local sub shop my aunt worked at when I was a kid. Then again maybe it was bowling for the Odyssey 2?

[CARTRIDGE STEALER]

coleco's telestar, in 1978. I had the "triple play" cartidge then I got pinball.

Edited May 3, 2009 by CARTRIDGE STEALER

[lushgirl_80]

Wow Super Mario World is a good game to start on ....

 

I was 5 when I first played Atari. It beloged to my older half brother,and one day when my sister and I were visiting my mom afterschool and my bro was out ,my mom asked us " You two wanna play Pac-man??" ...I remember thinking "Packman"!?!?Sounds weird,like help the mailman or something?but the first time playing that game I remember being totally hooked.

 

Then I remember my mom bought Strawberry Shortcake and it was over. My brother got mad because he had to share his Atari from that point.

[+Ransom]

I don't know for sure. It may have been Pong or something like that when I was very young, but the first one I remember playing was Midway's Gun Fight, which was similar to Outlaw on the 2600.

[STICH666]

Arkanoid. I played it back in 1994 at my camp (Camp LaSalle). They had a machine set up in the lounge.

[BydoEmpire]

No idea, but probably something in the arcade (Space Invaders? Pac Man?). The first one I very clearly remember is when my family got an Intellivision for Christmas (I also remember going to the store with my dad to help decide between a 2600 and Inty). The family played Poker & Blackjack, Horse Racing and Baseball all day. That was it for me - changed my life forever.

[yuppicide]

The oldest game I can remember playing first is something like Sprint 2

 

http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9739

 

Not sure which one it was, but it was similar.

 

They had it in a bowling alley. It used to sit off to the side by itself. I loved to look at it. It was a creepy, yet beautiful feeling.

[Spoon]

Pac-Man in the arcade.

 

And for the record, Radar Rat Race is full o' win.

[darthkur]

I can't recall specifically. Probably either Pong, Starship I, Killer Shark, Space War or one of the Sprint games. Lots of mechanical types and pinball machines before that though.

[Mister VCS]

Combat - link to an old "first videogame"-discussion"

[potatohead]

Pong on a dedicated machine.

[hhwolfman]

Pong at All Star Lanes, Telestar Home Arcade at My Aunt Connie's House, The first Atari 2600 game ever played was Adventure.

[Dauber]

The first video game I ever, ever played was this pong-like video game system my brother had in the late '70s...It was probably a B&W system, but since he had it connected to a B&W TV, I can't say for sure. I remember that the controller was a slide pot that just went up and down. I actually saw this old thing at the Midwest Gaming Classic in '06...I think it was manufactured by K mart. I do remember that after a while my parents made him get rid of the game for some reason.

 

First ARCADE game I remember playing, I think, might have been a Deep Scan/Headon II machine they had at the Kroger in Bourbonnais, IL. I also remember playing Pac-Man at the Holiday Inn in Bradley, Illinois as a wee child...and not understanding why I couldn't eat the monsters.

 

And, first Atari video game I remember playing at home....Space Invaders, on my cousins' 6-switcher. (Heavy or light, I don't know.)

[kaishaku]

It would have to be one of these on the 7800:

Pole Position II

Ms. Pac Man

F-18 Hornet

[sandmountainslim]

It was either the Pong home console my cousin had or this arcade machine with a machine gun mounted in which you shot down WWI Bi-Planes, this machine was at the old skating rink in Rainsville, Alabama back in the Disco days. Does anyone know what that game may have been?

Wp